Discipline: Literature – nonfiction

Joe Watson

Discipline: Literature – nonfiction
Region: Tucson, AZ
MacDowell Fellowships: 2018

Joe Watson is a writer and independent journalist whose work has been published by Village Voice Media, Maxim magazine, Food & Wine, and others. Joe and his wife, Juliana, live in Tucson.

At MacDowell, Joe completed several autobiographical essays related to his childhood and mass incarceration. He hopes to include these pieces in a book he will finish and present to publishers in 2019.

Studios

Delta Omicron

Joe Watson worked in the Delta Omicron studio.

Delta Omicron Studio was funded by members of the international musical fraternity in 1927. The building design is somewhat medieval in character, with an unusual cedar shingle pattern, a steeply pitched slate roof, intersecting gables, and small windows. After a 2016 deep-energy renovation, Delta Omicron is now one of the most energy efficient studio on the property…

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